Beuningen residents urged to cast their vote in upcoming municipal elections
Your vote shapes local policy for the next four years. On March 18, Beuningen holds its municipal council elections, and officials provide tools to help you decide. Every vote influences who represents you and how your community is governed.
| Key Fact | Details |
|---|---|
| Election Date | Wednesday, March 18, 2026 |
| Number of Parties | 7 |
| Tools for Voters | Debate replay, StemWijzer (30 local statements), election programs |
| Voting Location | Polling stations in Beuningen |
| Municipal Council Seats | 21 |
| Website for Information | www.beuningen.nl/verkiezingen |
The municipality of Beuningen organizes and oversees local elections, ensuring residents can participate in democratic processes. It provides resources like debates, voting guides, and election programs to help citizens make informed choices about their representatives.
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Who will get your vote?
On Wednesday, March 18, the municipal council elections will be held. Have you decided who to vote for yet?
Mayor Daphne Bergman explains in this video the ways you can get information to help determine your choice.
- Watch the debate of the list leaders from Wednesday, March 11, via www.beuningen.nl/debat.
- Fill in the StemWijzer and test your political preference with 30 local statements via www.beuningen.nl/stemwijzer.
- Read the election programs of all 7 political parties participating in the elections via www.beuningen.nl/kandidatenlijsten.
She also urges everyone to go to the polls on Wednesday, March 18, because every vote counts!
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Transcript of the video
MUSIC
(Intro: white screen with the logo of the municipality of Beuningen and the title “Municipal Council Elections 2026”)
(Mayor Daphne Bergman stands in an empty council chamber of the town hall of the municipality of Beuningen. Behind her are two large red pencils. She looks into the camera and tells.)
Daphne: Wednesday, March 18 is the celebration of local democracy. On that day, the municipal council elections will be held in our municipality.
(We see Mayor Daphne Bergman with the large red pencil and her voting pass in hand walking towards the town hall. She goes through the main entrance and walks inside. Subsequently, we see a floating voter. She hovers with a red pencil over the ballot paper. We see the entire council chamber now in an overview image with mayor Daphne Bergman centrally and she continues.)
Daphne: Maybe you know who you are going to vote for. Maybe you are not sure yet. In different ways, you can get information that will help you determine your choice. And thus you go well prepared to the polling station.
The list leaders of the political parties debated with each other on Wednesday, March 11.
(A title appears on screen with the text ‘www.beuningen.nl/debat’. Mayor Daphne Bergman continues.)
Daphne: You can watch that debate again and thus find out how the political parties think about different topics that are alive in our municipality.
(A webpage appears on screen on a red background with the text ‘www.beuningen.nl/stemwijzer’. The page is scrolled through. Mayor Daphne Bergman continues.)
Daphne: Together with ProDemos, we developed a Beuningse Stemwijzer. There you can test your political preference based on 30 local statements and discover which topics are important to you and what the positions of those political parties are.
(A webpage appears on screen on a red background with the text ‘www.beuningen.nl/kandidatenlijsten’. Mayor Daphne Bergman continues.)
Daphne: Of course, you can also read the election programs of all 7 political parties participating in the elections. Thus, you know what their plans are and which candidate you can vote for.
(A webpage appears on screen on a red background with the text ‘www.beuningen.nl/verkiezingen’. The page is scrolled through. Mayor Daphne Bergman continues.)
Daphne: You can find all this information on www.beuningen.nl/verkiezingen.
I urge everyone: go and vote on Wednesday, March 18.
(We see a close-up of a voting pass. First, the focus is on the text “Call for the election of the members of the municipal council on Wednesday, March 18, 2026”, then the focus shifts to the text “Voting pass”. Subsequently, we see an overview shot of the ballot paper with all the parties and candidates. Mayor Daphne Bergman continues.)
Daphne: Because with your vote, you decide which political parties get a place in our municipal council and which 21 new members of the Beuningse municipal council become your representatives. With your vote, you influence how our policy will be determined in the coming years in our municipality. So go to the polling station, because your vote counts!
MUSIC
(We see mayor Daphne Bergman with the large red pencil walking towards the exit of the town hall. She puts the pencil down next to the door and walks out of the building.)
(Outro: white screen with the logo of the municipality of Beuningen and the text ‘www.beuningen.nl/verkiezingen’.)